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30-minute radio program for August 1, 2017. Documentary filmmaker JOHN PILGER discusses the real story behind the U.S.'s opposition to Russia, China, North Korea, and Syria. His shrewd analysis of ACTUAL U.S. foreign policy naturally leads to a discussion of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the corruption of the Democratic Party, the propaganda dished out by the mainstream media, and (in Pilger's view) Clinton's well-deserved loss in the 2016 election. Pilger responds to questions...
Topics: John Pilger, Cindy Sheehan, foreign policy, propaganda, media, Russia, China, North Korea, Syria
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Jun 20, 2017
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Jun 20, 2017
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30-minute radio program for June 20, 2017. Second of two parts. In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony. To...
Topics: Glen Ford, imperialism, ruling class, foreigh policy, hegemony, Syria, Al Qaeda, China, Russia
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Jun 13, 2017
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30-minute radio program for June 13, 2017. First of two parts. In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony. To control...
Topics: Glen Ford, imperialism, ruling class, foreigh policy, hegemony, Syria, Al Qaeda
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May 30, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 30, 2017. A brief talk by KD--on symbiosis and responding to squirrel terrorism in his back yard--introduces a longer (some would say "better") talk by NOAM CHOMSKY. Chomsky continues his discussion of the US today. This week he shares some shrewd insights on the radical pro-corporate, anti-social policies of the Republican Congress; the compromised news media; the Trump administration; the US's growing nuclear arsenal; and the government's persecution...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, nuclear weapons, Julian Assange, protest
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May 16, 2017
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May 16, 2017
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0-minute radio program for May 16, 2017. Nuclear weapons and climate change pose existential threats to life on earth, says Noam Chomsky. Only democratic institutions would be able (and inclined) to deal with these threats, But since the 1970s, capitalism has fought a largely successful campaign to undermine democracy and democratic institutions, both in Europe and in the U,S, Thus we have a "perfect storm" of crises and no evident way of dealing with it. By undermining democracy,...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, capitalism, ecology, climate change, democracy
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May 9, 2017
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May 9, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 9, 2017. North Korea and Syria--what to do? Noam Chomsky reveals some not-well-known facts about the situations, and he makes some intelligent suggestions for wise and humane action by the U.S. As usual, Chomsky's analysis is a refreshing alternative to the belligerent cliches recited by government spokespersons and corporate-controlled media. He spoke in Cambridge, MA, on April 24, 2017, in response to questions posed by Amy Goodman. Chuck Rosina, recorded the...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, Syria, North Korea, diplomacy, war
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May 1, 2017
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May 1, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 1, 2017. Some recent news on energy and the environment is encouraging: The Coal Museum goes solar, and nuclear-plant-builder Westinghouse goes bankrupt. Other news, not so encouraging. The show features some newspaper items read by KD, a talk by Noam Chomsky, and a song ("East Tennessee") by David Rovics. Thanks once again to Chuck Rosina, who recorded the Chomsky talk live in Cambridge, MA, on April 24, 2017. The complete recording is available on...
Topics: energy, environment, climate change, global warming, coal, nuclear power, Noam Chomsky
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Apr 4, 2017
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Apr 4, 2017
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30-minute radio program for April 4, 2017. Major portions of one of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s finest--yet now little-known--speeches. He delivered "Beyond Vietnam" in New York, on April 4, 1967. For this speech, King was denounced by the entire Establishment (including the NAACP!) and the corporate-controlled media. The speech is a stirring indictment of misplaced national priorities, including cutbacks in social programs at home in order to fund an unnecessary, counterproductive, and...
Topics: Martin Luther King, war, civil rights, Vietnam, military
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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 21, 2017
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30-minute radio program for March 21, 2017. Scientist Seth Darling offers a comprehensive--and sobering--look at an endangered vital resource: fresh water. Blending history, political science, chemistry, ecology, and several other academic disciplines, he surveys society's water policies and the probable disastrous results of failing to change them. This week, in Part 2, Darling accentuates the positive. He speaks of advances in water-purification technology, some cutting-edge science at the...
Topics: Seth Darling, water, climate change, civilization, ecology, technology
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Mar 14, 2017
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Mar 14, 2017
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30-minute radio program for March 14, 2017. Scientist Seth Darling offers a comprehensive--and sobering--look at an endangered vital resource: fresh water. Blending history, political science, chemistry, ecology, and several other academic disciplines, he surveys society's water policies and the probable disastrous results of failing to change them. In the 20th century, many bloody conflicts were for the control of oil. In the 21st, many will be for the control of water. With an introduction by...
Topics: Seth Darling, water, climate change, civilization, ecology, technology
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Mar 7, 2017
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Mar 7, 2017
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30-minute radio program for March 7, 2017. Progressive activist and presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks on the corrupt Republican-Democrat party ... on how citizens have been getting a bad deal for decades ... and on how real change can come from the grassroots. Introduction & afterword by KD. Thanks to Wilton Vought (othervoicesotherchoices.com), who recorded the talk in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2017. http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/ For an ordered listing of all "New...
Topics: Jill Stein, politics, Democratic Party, Trump, millennials
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Jan 17, 2017
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Jan 17, 2017
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30-minute radio program for January 17, 2017. Second of two parts. Harvard climate scientist James G. Anderson interviewed by Dale Lehman. More clear, cogent--and even somewhat optimistic--discussion of climate change by Harvard scientist James G. Anderson. This week's topics include how vulnerable the U.S. is, what steps need to be taken, and how to persuade the American people to act. Plus a short talk on climate and the environment by political scientist Michael Parenti (2006) and a song by...
Topics: climate, climate change, global warming, energy, James G. Anderson, Michael Parenti
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Jan 10, 2017
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30-minute radio program for January 10, 2017. First of two parts. Harvard climate scientist James G.Anderson interviewed by Dale Lehman. In this week's installment, Anderson lucidly and cogently explains why "global warming" is a bad term to use: it understates the breadth and severity of the problem. He makes short work of the claim that climate change is natural,not man-made. And he has interesting things to say about the ozone layer ... the Kyoto Protocol ... and why electricity is...
Topics: climate, climate change, global warming, energy, James G. Anderson
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Jan 3, 2017
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Jan 3, 2017
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30-minute radio program for January 3, 2017. Third World people are intentionally kept poor so that our rich "investors" may become still richer. British journalist JOHANN HARI argues this case, using Haiti as example. MICHAEL PARENTI (early 1990s) concurs, with examples from Haiti and elsewhere. I suggest that the U.S. is now being pushed down the same road as Haiti. And comedians BOB AND RAY offer a comic look at a domestic company that has adopted a Third-World business model: The...
Topics: Haiti, Bob and Ray, Michael Parenti, imperialism, capitalism
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Dec 27, 2016
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30-minute radio program for December 27, 2016. KD ties together several recent crime stories--from a vehicular homicide trial in his town ... to the recent police shootings in Ferguson and New York ... to the rash of alleged gun-suicides committed by frisked and handcuffed black men in the back seat of police cars ... to the surprising indictment of former mining company CEO Donald Blankenship. Among the perps, we see who gets the book thrown at him, who gets his wrist slapped, and who walks...
Topics: crime, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Donald Blankenship, mining, Ferguson, Glen Ford
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Dec 13, 2016
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30-minute radio program for December 13, 2016. Second of two parts. A well-researched and eye-opening talk by activist Vincent Emanuele. He explores the three crises that are making the world--at best--highly unstable. Then he suggests some steps that the people (and grassroots organizers) can take to bring about change. All three crises are deeply rooted in the United States. Two of them are now global. The crises are (1) social collapse in the U.S., (2) militarization, and (3) ecological...
Topics: ecology, climate, war, militarization, society, activism, organizing
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Dec 6, 2016
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30-minute radio program for December 6, 2016. First of two parts. A well-researched and eye-opening talk by activist Vincent Emanuele. He explores the three crises that are making the world--at best--highly unstable. Then he suggests some steps that the people (and grassroots organizers) can take to make our uncertain future as livable as possible. All three crises are deeply rooted in the United States. Two of them are now global. The crises are (1) social collapse in the U.S., (2)...
Topics: ecology, climate, war, militarization, society, activism, organizing
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Nov 15, 2016
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Nov 15, 2016
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30-minute radio program for November 15, 2016. Political scientist Norman Finkelstein and Tariq Ali discussed the Israel/Palestine situation at the 2016 Left Forum. Both strongly support Palestinian freedom; they disagree on strategies and tactics. Ali's talk was broadcast in NWN #446, September 20. This week we hear from Finkelstein. Finkelstein reviews the horrors of Israel's military attacks on Gaza and then explores Palestine's three options. Two of them--diplomacy and armed struggle--each...
Topics: Norman Finkelstein, Palestine, Gaza, Israel
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Nov 8, 2016
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Nov 8, 2016
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30-minute radio program for November 8, 2016. For Election Day 2016: selections from The Firesign Theatre's 1970 classic, "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers." Masters of irony, parody, travesty, and sound effects, Firesign created radio dramas satirizing a nation unable to tell reality from the nonsense on TV--nonsense concocted by prostitute politicians and corporate greedheads. The perfect program for this Election Day. The plot (such as it is): Flipping TV channels late at...
Topics: Firesign Theatre, election, politics
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Nov 1, 2016
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30-minute radio program for November 1, 2016. The second half of a fine new speech by Progressive writer and activist Phyllis Bennis. She argues that Syria is suffering not from a war but from a half-dozen different wars now being fought there. There is no military solution to the Syrian disaster--so let's try diplomacy instead of war in Syria. This week Bennis refutes several American myths about Syria ... shows why imposing a "no-fly zone" involves going to war ... explores the...
Topics: Phyllis Bennis, Syria, war
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Oct 25, 2016
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Oct 25, 2016
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30-minute radio program for October 25, 2016. Part 1 of a fine new speech by Progressive writer and activist Phyllis Bennis. She argues that Syria is suffering not from a war but from a half-dozen different wars now being fought there. Many of these are "proxy wars" between other countries (e.g., Saudi Arabia and Iran) being "fought to the last Syrian" There is no military solution to the Syrian disaster--and furthermore, every military adventure the U.S.has taken in this...
Topics: Phyllis Bennis, Syria, ISIS, Iraq, Afghanistan, war
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Oct 4, 2016
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30-minute radio program for October 4, 2016. Unscripted but incisive discussion of a range of issues by the celebrated Progressive journalist, essayist, and activist. Topics include the corruption of the judiciary ... the mass media as the propaganda organ of the Corporate State ... how the Democratic Party has betrayed its constituents ... the false promises of Barack Obama ... the growing public opposition to Israel's Palestine policies ... and (relatedly) the increasing attacks on free...
Topics: Chris Hedges, free speech, corporations, media, BDS, Israel, Palestine
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Aug 30, 2016
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30-minute radio program for August 30, 2016. Second of two parts. Part 2 of the new, hard-hitting speech by journalist/essayist Chris Hedges. It's about the corruption of "the System," the ever-increasing power of "the one percent," the betrayal of the people by the Democratic and Republican parties, the century-long crackdown on dissent, and our increasingly meaningless national politics, in which our nation's real and pressing problems are seldom even mentioned--let alone...
Topics: Chris Hedges, capitalism, oligarchy, democracy, politics, revolution
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Aug 23, 2016
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30-minute radio program for August 23, 2016. First of two parts. A new and hard-hitting speech by journalist/essayist Chris Hedges. It 's about the corruption of "the System," the ever-increasing power of "the one percent," the betrayal of the people by the Democratic and Republican parties, the century-long crackdown on dissent, and our increasingly meaningless national politics, in which our nation's real and pressing problems (climate change, oligarchy, a plundered...
Topics: Chris Hedges, capitalism, oligarchy, democracy, politics
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Aug 2, 2016
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Aug 2, 2016
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30-minute radio program for August 2, 2016. More of Dr. Robert Lustig's engaging and wide-ranging talk on the poisoning of the American diet. He argues that the cause of our epidemic of obesity, metabolic disease, and cardiovascular disease is sugar, specifically fructose. Industry is increasing the amount of fructose in foods, including and especially soda. High fructose corn syrup is not the only villain: many sugars are bad, including table sugar (which the body turns into fructose). Lustig...
Topics: Robert Lustig, sugar, fructose, obesity, food industry
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Jul 26, 2016
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Jul 26, 2016
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30-minute radio program for July 26, 2016. Robert Lustig is a physician (pediatric endocrinologist) and medical researcher. In this engaging and wide-ranging talk, Lustig argues that the most important cause of America's epidemic of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary disease, liver disease, and metabolic disorder. The culprit is sugar, specifically fructose. Industry is increasing the amount of fructose in packaged foods, including and especially soda. High fructose corn syrup is...
Topics: Robert Lustig, sugar, fructose, obesity, food industry
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Jul 19, 2016
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Jul 19, 2016
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30-minute radio program for July 19, 2016. An essay on America's current problems by Class War Films. A wide-ranging but concise critique of how America is run by a financial and corporatist elite. It's also about how our national myths (e.g., American Exceptionalism) are used to sugar-coat and justify imperial war abroad, political repression at home, and economic exploitation everywhere. Beneath the Doomsday tone and style of this piece is a cogent, left-of-center critique of our current...
Topics: capitalism, imperialism, United States, American exceptionalism
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Jun 14, 2016
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Jun 14, 2016
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30-minute radio program for June 14, 2016. More selections from the recent talk by the host of "Democracy Now!" Goodman explores the corruption of the corporate media and shows ordinary people fighting back against the System--sometimes successfully. This week she tells of KPFT-FM vs. the Klan ... the 2015 murder of Black church members in Charleston ... Bree Newsome's heroic (if felonious) cuting down of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse lawn. Plus tales of Emmett Till, Rosa...
Topics: Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Ku Klux Klan, Bree Newsome
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Jun 7, 2016
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Jun 7, 2016
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30-minute radio program for June 7, 2016. Selections from a recent talk in Cambridge, MA, by journalist Amy Goodman, longtime host of "Democracy Now!" Goodman tells stories that explore the corruption of the corporate media and that show ordinary people fighting back against the System--sometimes successfully. This week, many of her stories come from the recent past--specifically 2011. Highlights include the trial and execution of Troy Davis, popular rebellion in Wisconsin, Occupy...
Topics: Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Troy Davis, Wisconsin
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May 24, 2016
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May 24, 2016
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30-minute radio program for May 24, 2016. A bit of this, a bit of that--all loosely connected by the theme of how the Powers That Be wield their power in practice. Includes comic satire by The Final Edition, a new song by David Rovics, and thoughts on Trump and the media by KD. The real story about Trump, KD argues, is not his personal failings or his unsound policies. The real story is how the US oligarchs--and their mouthpiece, the media--work to destroy politicians who are not reliable...
Topics: Donald Trump, Gearge W. Bush, Dylann Roof, Emmanuel A.M.E. Church, petroleum
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May 17, 2016
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May 17, 2016
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30-minute radio program for May 17, 2016. Mideast policy analyst Phyllis Bennis explains how US actions in the Middle East gave rise to ISIS terrorism and sustain it. Since ISIS terrorism is a response to the profound damage the U.S. military has done to the Middle East--and the further damage done by the U.S. occupation and "reconstruction" of Iraq--continued military action will only make matters worse. There is no military solution to the conflicts involving Syria, Iraq, and ISIS,...
Topics: Phyllis Bennis, Iraq, Syria, ISIS, war, military, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia
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May 10, 2016
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May 10, 2016
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Mideast policy analyst Phyllis Bennis explains how US actions in the Middle East gave rise to ISIS and sustain it. Since ISIS terrorism is a response to the profound damage the U.S. military has done to the Middle East--and the further damage done by the U.S. occupation and "reconstruction" of Iraq--continued military action will only make matters worse. There is no military solution to the conflicts involving Syria, Iraq, and ISIS, Bennis argues, but diplomatic solutions are indeed...
Topics: Phyllis Bennis, Iraq, Syria, ISIS, war, military
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Apr 12, 2016
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30-minute radio program for April 12, 2016. Selections from the film documentary ... plus a good article by Bruce Dixon on the similar positions of the Democratic and Republican parties on nearly every issue. In the film, political analyst Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed discusses the 7 interconnected global crises we face. This week: militarization and destruction of civil liberties, plus conclusions. Old film clips brighten the commentary. With new introduction and comments by Kenneth Dowst. Much of...
Topics: Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, Bruce Dixon, militarism, civil liberties, western civilization
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Apr 5, 2016
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30-minute radio program for April 5, 2016. Selections from the film documentary, adapted to radio by KD. Political analyst Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed discusses the 7 interconnected global crises we are undergoing. This week we'll focus on economic instabiliy and terrorism. Old film clips brighten the thoughtful commentary. Of particular interest: how (and why) the invasion of Afghanistan was planned well before 9-11-2001. Previously broadcast, as NWN #238, in September 2012.
Topics: Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, economy, terrorism, western civilization
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Mar 29, 2016
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30-minute radio program for March 29, 2016. Radovan Karadzic's conviction for genocide and war crimes brings to mind the US's disastrous "humanitarian Intervention" in Bosnia and Serbia in the 1990s--and more recent disastrous interventions in Libya and Syria. In almost every case, "humanitarian intervention" has been a pretext for aggression by a major power. Brief reflections by KD are followed by a fine talk, on the same subject, by Noam Chomsky. Chomsky spoke in...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, humanitarian intervention, Bosnia, Serbia, Libya, Syria
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Mar 22, 2016
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30-minute radio program for March 22, 2016. Trump; the panicking Republican "elders," the corporate-controlled press, Hillary Clinton, the Presidential campaign, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. domestic policies--how many disasters can we take all at once? We explore, with some help from commentators William Blum and Glen Ford and singer David Rovics. http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com Glen Ford's talk courtesy of Black Agenda Report. William Blum's essay (condensed by me) courtesy of...
Topics: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Syria, Libya, Vietnam, Honduras, foreign policy, Republican Party
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Feb 23, 2016
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30-minute radio program for February 23, 2016. The deaths of musicians Paul Kantner and Signe Anderson inspire reflections on the virtues of the late-1960s "counterculture"--virtues seemingly in short supply today. Virtues such as distrust of authority, a feeling of personal power, a belief that the people can change the world for the better, and experiments in alternative structures. Or maybe the situation today is more hopeful than it seems at first glance. The show includes...
Topics: Jefferson Airpane, 1960s, counterculture, Chicago
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Feb 16, 2016
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30-minute radio program for February 16, 2016. Economist Joseph Stiglitz shows that economic inequality in the U.S. is bad, and it is getting worse. Likewise, inequality of opportunity. The causes of the problem are the U.S.'s dysfunctional style of capitalism and a political system that increasingly serves only the economic elite, not "the 99%." The situation is bad for democracy, bad for the U.S. economy, even bad for capitalism, Stiglitz argues. Stiglitz's talk is short on...
Topics: Joseph Stiglitz, capitalism, economy, economics, inequality
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Feb 9, 2016
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Feb 9, 2016
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30-minute radio program for February 9, 2016. Economist Joseph Stiglitz shows that economic inequality in the U.S. is bad, and it is getting worse. Likewise, inequality of opportunity. The causes of the problem are the U.S.'s dysfunctional style of capitalism and a political system that increasingly serves only the economic elite, not "the 99%." The situation is not only bad for democracy, it's even bad for capitalism, Stiglitz argues. (No socialist, Stiglitz wants to reform...
Topics: Joseph Stiglitz, capitalism, economy, economics, inequality
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Feb 2, 2016
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30-minute radio program for February 2, 2016. Australian climate scientist Tim Flannery reviews some new, cutting-edge approaches to restraining or halting global warming. Flannery strongly opposes risky "geoengineering" schemes proposed by industry and governments (such as infusing the stratosphere with sulphur). But the new, "Third Way" approaches Flannery discusses are different, he says. Based on natural processes, they reduce warming by removing carbon dioxide from the...
Topics: Tim Flannery, climate change, global warming, geoengineering
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Jan 26, 2016
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30-minute radio program for January 26, 2016. Is American militarism a problem? What are the causes of this militarism? Why are we now calling every guy who ever put on a uniform a "hero"? And can militarism be stopped? Former career soldier Stan Goff addresses these questions with impressive insight and erudition. We supplement Goff's analysis with a few minutes of Martin Luther King's fine address on American militarism and war, "Beyond Vietnam" (April 4, 1967). Plus some...
Topics: Stan Goff, militarism, war, Martin Luther King, Beyond Vietnam
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Jan 19, 2016
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30-minute radio program for January 19, 2016. In this fine new talk, political scientist Michael Parenti refutes the claim that the "free enterprise system" (capitalism) promotes democracy and prosperity. Part 1 focused on democracy. Part 2 focuses more on prosperity. Drawing on the past 150 years of American history, Parenti refutes the myth that capitalism increases the general prosperity. In fact the system has brought regular recessions and depressions to ordinary citizens. Not...
Topics: Michael Parenti, capitalism, democracy, socialism
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Jan 12, 2016
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30-minute radio program for January 12, 2016. In this fine new talk, political scientist Michael Parenti refutes the claim that the "free enterprise system" (capitalism) promotes democracy. Drawing on historical examples--from ancient Greece to the Constitutional Convention to the present day--Parenti shows how the capitalists (and their predecessors) fought democracy every step of the way--and continue to do so. Rather, democracy emerged, in fits and starts, from the struggles of...
Topics: Michael Parenti, capitalism, democracy, U.S. Constitution
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Dec 29, 2015
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30-minute radio program for December 29, 2015. In places seriously, in places tongue-in-cheek, we take a look at some current trends. Important ones include the decline of suburbs and the increasing wealth of the plutocrats. But let's not neglect Botox for men ("brotox"), celebrity vegetarianism, women NOT dyeing their hair, special-interest magazines, & exploring power plants while naked. Contributors include JH Kunstler, George Carlin, Paul Krassner, provincial newspapers, and...
Topics: trends, suburbs, plutocrats, Botox
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Dec 15, 2015
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30-minute radio program for December 15, 2015. A fine audio collage on the alleged "war on Christmas" produced by Scooter. A zesty blend of biting cultural satire, inspired nonsense, improbable music, serious debate, standup comedy, right-wing craziness, great fun, and ... well you kinda hafta hear it for yourself. Last December we played a 12-minute excerpt from the piece. This year (what the heck) we present Scooter's tour-de-force almost uncut ... almost uncensored ... and almost...
Topics: Christmas, war on Christmas, Scooter, Christopher Hitchens, parody
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Dec 8, 2015
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30-minute radio program for December 8, 2015. Second of 2 parts. Public policy scholar Lance deHaven-Smith discusses the concepts of "conspiracy theories" and SCADs--State Crimes Against Democracy. "Conspiracy theory" is a pejorative term introduced by the CIA in the 1960s to smear critics of the Warren Commission Report. SCADs, though, are real crimes that high government officials (often conspiring together) committed. Part 2 of this interesting talk discusses both...
Topics: Lance deHaven-Smith, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, SCAD, assassinations
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Dec 1, 2015
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30-minute radio program for December 1, 2015. First of 2 parts. Public policy scholar Lance deHaven-Smith discusses the concepts of "conspiracy theories" and SCADs--State Crimes Against Democracy. "Conspiracy theory" is a pejorative term introduced by the CIA in the 1960s to smear critics of the Warren Commission Report. SCADs, though, are real crimes that high government officials (often conspiring together) committed. Part 1 of this interesting talk discusses both concepts...
Topics: Lance deHaven-Smith, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, SCAD, Watergate, Iraq
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Nov 17, 2015
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Nov 17, 2015
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30-minute radio program for November 17, 2015. First of 2 parts Progressive political scientist Michael Parenti's unscripted reflections on capitalism, socialism, the role of universities, Cuban plumbers, Russian prostitutes, and his former running mate--and former close friend--Bernie Sanders. Plus a song by David Rovics. Parenti spoke in Springfield, Illinois, on October 6, 2015. The original recording--which I have edited--is courtesy of the Unifersity of Illinois at Springfield and Dale...
Topics: Michael Parenti, Bernie Sanders, capitalism, socialism
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Oct 27, 2015
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Oct 27, 2015
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30-minute radio program for October 27, 2015. Second of 2 parts Kathy Kelly reveals the human costs of the US's elective wars. She tells stories of people caught on the ground in a war zone ... and of US-government-sponsored lies, crimes, and fraud in conducting these wars. She tells stories of the courage of ordinary people living in the war zones--and of war crimes committed by the US and its allies. And she connects our military violence abroad and social problems here at home--such as...
Topics: Kathy Kelly, war, Afghanistan, military, prison, Kunduz
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Oct 20, 2015
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30-minute radio program for October 20, 2015. First of 2 parts Veteran peace activist Kathy Kelly gives a powerful talk on the human costs of the US's elective wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She tells many stories of individual people caught on the ground in a war zone ... and of US-government-sonsored lies, crimes, and fraud in our conduct of war and our supposed "reconstruction" of ravaged countries. And she tells stories of the courage of ordinary people in the war zones--people...
Topics: Kathy Kelly, war, Afghanistan, Iraq, military
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